ROTHENBERG, J.
The question we must resolve in this appeal is whether the trial court fundamentally erred by giving the then-existing standard jury instruction on manslaughter, as a lesser included offense of second degree murder. Based on the circumstances of this case, we find no fundamental error, and therefore affirm the defendant's conviction for second-degree murder with a weapon.
The defendant was charged with second-degree murder with a weapon, a knife...
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